Canucks vs Oilers Picks and Prediction – 4/14/2024

The Vancouver Canucks go on the road Saturday night with a game in Edmonton, Alberta against the Edmonton Oilers. For other NHL news see our NHL Picks.

Vancouver has been good this season with 48 wins through 70 games played on a one game losing streak following their loss against the Arizona Coyotes. Offensively Vancouver has been good scoring 3.42 goals on 28.5 shots per game. Defensively the Canucks have been above average allowing 2.72 goals on 28.4 shots per game.

JT Miller leads the way for the Vancouver offense with 101 points and 65 assists this season. Brock Boeser leads the team with 40 goals on 204 shots. Casey DeSmith has been the top goalie for Vancouver this season with 11 wins and 29 outings carrying a .891 save percentage.

The Edmonton Oilers stay at home Saturday night with 49 wins on the year and have a three game winning streak.

Edmonton has been exceptional offensively averaging 3.60 goals on 33.8 shots. Defensively the Oilers have been very strong allowing only 2.83 goals on 28.3 shots and gave up one goal in their recent win to the Vegas Golden Knights.

Stuart Skinner was in the net for the Oilers against Vegas posting the .944 save percentage after giving up only one goal on 18 shots in 60 minutes of play. Edmonton scored two goals in the second and third period and was a main reason why they won the game.